Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party

The Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party, also known as the Social Democratic Party or the Dang Dan Chu Xa Hoi (DDCXH), was a socialist political party in Vietnam which was founded in 1944 by Huynh Phu So, the founder of the Hoa Hao sect of Buddhism. It was formed around a core of socialist-minded people in Saigon and some provincial sect leaders, but it was persecuted by the Viet Minh, who killed So in 1947. In 1955, Nguyen Giac Ngo refounded the party, and, by 1963, it was dominated by the wealthy opposition politician Nguyen Bao Toan, who had been in and out of exile.